alms-giving
Example Sentences
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There were departments in charge of alms-giving, the distribution of war spoils, hospitals, and the maintenance and health of rivers.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 17, 2018
The original intent of Lent, which was developed in the fourth and fifth centuries, was to fortify one’s relationship with God, oneself and the poor by focusing on prayer, fasting and alms-giving.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2017
In any event, we can, according to Catechism, help Tessa on her journey by alms-giving, prayer, and fasting.
From Slate • Oct. 5, 2011
While forced child begging exists elsewhere in the region, the problem is most pronounced in Senegal where alms-giving is an important cultural and religious act, Wells said.
From Reuters • Apr. 15, 2010
This was in unison with the mediæval spirit of alms-giving as well as with the mediæval theory of poverty as a state spiritually superior, held, though not embodied, by wealthy prelates.
From Oxford and Her Colleges by Smith, Goldwin
